What did you do to your truck today!

[In The Ten Ring]

My dad put that hood ornament on there in the late 1970's....it's part of her as far as I'm concerned....but I feel ya man.

I tried turning the adjustor nut all the way "in" but no change. It's odd as yesterday, when I had one of the sleeved washers in backwards...the drum slipped right on like nothing!

I've had suggestions to remove the strut, replace the parking brake cables, bleed the brakes....oh man! I am in over my head here...

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

....oh man! I am in over my head here...

If you got one?.....You'll get it.

[ekgguy]

Spent most of the afternoon cutting out this...




so I can make enough room for these...

[Dobster]

Originally Posted by ekgguy

Spent most of the afternoon cutting out this...




so I can make enough room for these...

I so want to do this to my truck... I am not that talented. Awsome!
Are you shorting the rear end yourself? I have a 5.3l that just blows the tires off...I would like to see more of this build ! ! !

[ekgguy]

Originally Posted by Dobster

I so want to do this to my truck... I am not that talented. Awsome!
Are you shorting the rear end yourself? I have a 5.3l that just blows the tires off...I would like to see more of this build ! ! !

I am not going to shorten the rear end or narrow the frame. I ordered a set of 15x12 wheel hoops from the EBAY and I am going to have the centers welded in so I can have a custom backspacing and keep the stock width.

The wheels in the picture are going away.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

My dad put that hood ornament on there in the late 1970's....it's part of her as far as I'm concerned....but I feel ya man.

Not disrespecting your homage to your dad...But I thought this would look nice:

[WIDESIDE72]

I adjusted the float on my qjet on the "army truck budget build", fixed the oil leak shop that painted truck also tore engine apart to detail it (dont ask sore subject) and when they added oil i guess they forgot that small detail. I also noticed when they pulled the engine they removed the frame stands and those bolts are loose too. I got my sanden compressor mounted for the vintage air. I bought the kit used never installed for $700 and po lost a lot of the bolts for brackets. I called vintage air and they wanted $50 just for the bolts nuts an spacers, so i said "no thanks" and made a trip to tractor supply across the highway and came back with everything i needed for about $6.
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[WIDESIDE72]

A while back i bought a new underhood harness for my 72 as the old one was a rats nest. Since i was planning on going with HEI, i bought a harness that is supposed to be "plug and play" from Brothers. I started the truck maybe twide then tore it apart for paint, having never actually driven it. I am putting the teuck back together and reinstalled the harness. I started the teuck fine and drive it about 100 yards and it quit. I checked and have 12 volts at the pink power wire plugged in to rhe dist with key on not cranking. When cranking it drps to 8-9 volts. I had to unplug the pink wire at the dist and hook a hot wire from the battery to the dist to get it to run. I posted my issue on the forum and with some input from good people here and some research on my own i have a few things to try tomorrow. 1. Check grounds 2. Lube connections 3. Possibly install a relay if it still wont work.
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[WIDESIDE72]

I tried to install the pre bent exhaust down pipes to the rams horns but it appears the pipes are too large as they wont bolt up. Where the pipe is flared for the donut it is too large for The pipe to fit between the studs. Nice Hooker system all pretty bends but im going to have to take it ti a muffler shop after all.
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[SCHRUMGMC]

Took the cowl off..Got her running

[dakattack7]

Spent 6 hours installing retro sound.. Ran into multiple problems and it's probably coming out to fix them, but it has to in a few weeks for ac duct work anyways so. Thought I shorted it out and fried it after all the work but I didn't! Yay
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[zellway]

Originally Posted by dakattack7

Spent 6 hours installing retro sound.. Ran into multiple problems and it's probably coming out to fix them, but it has to in a few weeks for ac duct work anyways so. Thought I shorted it out and fried it after all the work but I didn't! Yay
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I have a retrosound in my short bed and suburban. My first install was kinda long and mistakes were maid. It's a good unit and worth the work. Hope you like it as much as I do.

[zellway]

Pulled my old 3/4 out of the back yard, gave it a quick bath and fluid change. It's nice to have it back on the road.

[twisty]

i took pics of the rear end i found to see what it came off of. so far ive had zero luck identifying it, the casting number doesnt make sense and the stamp on the passenger side axle tube doesnt decode from any site ive been able to find. it starts with THS which isnt anywhere on any site. i also found 4 wheels and hub caps from a 2000ish astro van for it. i guess ill have to pull the cover tonight and see what is inside. may as well change fluids while im in there.

[sKnNyPpY]

Finished replacing my upper and lower ball joints. She's riding nice and level now that the passenger spring is seated properly and the driver's side is now right side up (put it in upside down after spraying brake cleaner in my eye)
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[In The Ten Ring]

I picked up my renewed gas tank today and I must say, it does look impressive. I still think I'll go on and order a new one, just to be sure.

I also called around and found a service center that will turn my drums for $15.00 each.

[VWNate1]

I took Bendix Factory brake service training (they're the folks who designed your brakes) and they were adamant that Mechanics NOT automatically turn the brake drums because each time you do this , you remove metal that's important to have so your brakes dissipate heat properly and don't fade just when you need them the most ~

They said the only time you should turn / machine brake drums is when they're so out of round they cause brake pedal pulsations or if they're bell mouthed over .020" .

When asked what about when the shoes went metal to metal , he said usually this means the drum is way past spec so it's junk anyways , if you *must* re - use it , use some really coarse sand paper etc. to remove the sharp edges in the grooves then mount it up , the new shoes will bed in to the grooves and actually make the brakes work better .

I trust the Engineers who designed the brakes more than the old guy who tried to teach me to turn the drums every time , in the end this only sells more drums and puts dangerously thin drums back on the street .

-Nate

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

I picked up my renewed gas tank today and I must say, it does look impressive. I still think I'll go on and order a new one, just to be sure.

I also called around and found a service center that will turn my drums for $15.00 each.

[In The Ten Ring]

Well thanks man! That's why I joined this site, to get info I couldn't get elsewhere for the same price.

I'll hold off on the drum turning....

I did get one coat of red primer on my "renewed" gas tank. I hope to finish it tomorrow depending on the weather.

I plan to paint the tank "hammered" silver as that might look about what it did before I had it cleaned up and I'll paint the nozzle black.

[VWNate1]

Wait ~ if you took it to the " Gas Tank Renew " franchise dealer , they're supposed to paint it inside and out , all you needs do is choose the silver / grey color you like and it's good to go pretty much forever as that's the guarantee :
LIFETIME .

Be aware that all new tanks are Chinese carp ,most either leak at the poorly welded seams now or will in less than one year , I highly suggest the Gas Tank Re New solution , more $ yes but it's right .

To - day I tossed some empty deposit bottles into my '69 C/10 Stepper as I walked past it , then I purchased a $600 Motocycle 100 + miles away so I guess I'll be Desert bound next week to collect that .

[In The Ten Ring]

Hmm.....well then....maybe I should save another $150.00 and just use my old tank then!

The guy offered to coat the outside with black material, undercoating was what it was, as "most gas tanks we fix are mounted under the frame" but I opted out since I wanted to keep the original look and I was fearful they'd get some down into the lock ring area.

He warranted the work for two years and did say the "renew" material has a lifetime warranty.

OK man...I do value opinions here....but I'd been told both ways on this one: one party thinks I should get a new tank and others think I did the right thing getting this one fixed.

[67_C-30]

Installed a new bedside. The old bedside was warped from fire.

[VWNate1]

As I said : new tanks are made in China by pi$$ed off slave laborers on work camps , from basically tin foil .

You're wanting to put 18 gallons of gasoline behind your seat in tin foil ?! .

The choice is yours .

FWIW , the black stuff re new uses , isn't really undercoating , it's just thick to resist stone chipping .

You can always $pend the $150. later or , get a good used tank from one of the many who Hot Rod their rigs & re locate perfectly good gas tanks under the bed etc. , usually amazingly cheaply .

For reasons I'll never understand , used gas tanks are *very* hard to sell ~ I tried to GIVE AWAY my spare '49 ~ '53 Chevy truck gas tank for over 20 years before giving it to my local scrap guy .

I'm sure you'll be well pleased with the re new'd one .

-Nate

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

Hmm.....well then....maybe I should save another $150.00 and just use my old tank then!

The guy offered to coat the outside with black material, undercoating was what it was, as "most gas tanks we fix are mounted under the frame" but I opted out since I wanted to keep the original look and I was fearful they'd get some down into the lock ring area.

He warranted the work for two years and did say the "renew" material has a lifetime warranty.

OK man...I do value opinions here....but I'd been told both ways on this one: one party thinks I should get a new tank and others think I did the right thing getting this one fixed.

[effects66]

Installed the hydraboost and Wilwood Master cylinder





plus tried an air cleaner out, not sure if I like it yet



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[kcsa75]

I put new rear brakes, including new Bendix drums, on my truck. I've replaced pads on lots of disc brakes, but this was the first time I've ever done shoes.

[Expat_dude]

Got glove door painted in satin black, will add some subtle art to it later on. Vintage AC is installed and chilling !!

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